A Boring Dystopia

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Poignant post on the state of things (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2 to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Europe was reduced to rubble, but my grandfathers, who were children during the war and after, both still managed to build a house, raise two kids each and set money aside; one of my grandmothers worked as a seamstress and those grandparents not only built houses for themselves and each kid, but essentially owned a whole block in our village. The other grandfather was the son of an orphan, still managed to do well.

I had to take a job that requires great effort, stress and skill and keeps me away from home 40% of the time, it pays well but still I couldn't dream to be able to do the same as they did.